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Based on information researched at the time this page was created, neither red light cameras nor speed cameras are legal in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, or Vermont. Please reach out to regional leadership if you believe they have been deployed and need to be mapped in Waze. Other types of cameras which may be legal, such as traffic monitoring cameras, are not used for ticketing purposes and are not mapped in Waze.

Red light cameras and speed cameras are legal in Rhode Island. Please see the RI Wazeopedia for details.


Not every camera-looking device at an intersection is a speed or red light camera. Generally speaking:

  • a speed camera takes a photograph of a vehicle when it passes by the camera at too high a speed.
  • a red light camera takes a photograph of a vehicle that enters an intersection after the light is red. In some areas, it takes the photograph when a vehicle is not clear of the intersection some period after the light turns red.

Be sure to know your cameras before accepting new camera reports.

When adding a camera, be sure to review the camera placement recommendations.